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2024-2025 Area 8 InstallationLast night was a great night. Thank you to everyone that was able to attend. Congratulations to our new District Governor Dennis Caltagirone, Key Largo Rotary Area 8 Assistant Governor Ashley Arrabal, Key Largo Rotary President Don Horton, Key Largo Sunset President Elizabeth Hladky, Homestead Rotary President Dennis Maytan, Upper Keys Rotary Club President Anna Richards, and Marathon Rotary Club President Brian Tewes.     |
Newest Paul Harris Fellows |
2023-2024 Rookie of the Year |
Baby Shower |
1st New Rotarian of 2023-2024 |
Paul Harris+2 |
4th of July 2023 |
Trading flags |
Paul Harris +1 |
Paul Harris |
Rotarians in Action |
Sgt-at-Arms |
Jennifer rings the bell for her last meeting for a 2nd time. |
Rotarians in Action-Highway Cleanups |
Rookie/Rotarian of the Year 2022-2023 |
Service Above Self |
First New Member of 19-20 InductedWelcome to Ross Belkin. Ross is the owner of Krome Painting and is the newest member of Key Largo Rotary. Thank you to Doc Boilini for standing up as a founding member of our club..  |
Key Largo Rotary Sponsors New Club
Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Key Largo Sunset, which received its official charter from Rotary International on June 5. 2019. Among the charter members are Lisa Feliciano who joined Key Largo Rotary in 2001, and Kerry Cosme who has been a member for more than 10 years. Key Largo Rotary is pleased to sponsor this new club and looks forward to collaborating on good work in the community for decades to come. |
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Dan Cornell Named Rookie of the Year
Dan Cornell was named "Rookie of the Year" of the Key Largo Rotary Club, presented at the club's annual awards and installation event held on July 1, 2018.
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Helping people with disabilities make their own music Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school. After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school. |
Finding Safe Haven For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
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Saving lives in Ghana What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga. |
India celebrates three years without polio Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio. |
